The Slovak brewing industry, in the years of the Czechoslovakian
Republic, lagged far behind that in the Czech lands. The communists built
several large, new breweries in the 1950's and 60's to put this right. The
five largest breweries all are members of this group.

Closures amongst the independents have left Slovakia with only 4 breweries
founded before 1950.

The current number of active breweries is 18. The breweries break down as
follows: